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** How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize Archival Museum Research
Soon, this tech could enable comparative analyses of millions of distinct
specimens from all corners of the globe—a proposition which would previously
have demanded an untenable amount of human labour.
** Gifts Tied to Opioid Sales Invite a Question: Should Museums Vet Donors?
To what degree are cultural institutions responsible for vetting every
dollar they receive? Can financially strapped arts organizations be picky
about a patron’s source of wealth, and if so, where should they draw the
line?
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** Detectorists strike gold as British Museum reveals record haul
There were 1,120 treasure finds in 2016, the highest number since the
revised Treasure Act came into law 20 years ago.
** Is Leonardo da Vinci’s Record-Setting ‘Salvator Mundi’ Going to the
Louvre?
Scoring a loan of “Salvator Mundi” — whose buyer remains unknown and the
subject of much speculation — would be a major coup for the Louvre. Indeed,
some have even floated the possibility that the mystery buyer is in fact the
Louvre’s Emirati sister institution, the just-opened Louvre Abu Dhabi.
** Hadrian's Wall joins forces with China's Great Wall
The Great Wall of China is joining up with its much tinier British
counterpart, Hadrian’s Wall, to encourage more tourism and increase the
historical and cultural understanding of both great barriers.
** Titian's Madonna di Ca' Pesaro Restored
Titian’s famed Madonna di Ca' Pesaro can once again be admired by visitors
to the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice following a
painstaking four-year conservation treatment.
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** Mummies and log houses of the dead: Scythian life and death
Bioarchaeologist Eileen Murphy explains how examining the human remains from
burials can help us to understand more about the Scythians.
** The Oldest Artist To win The Turner Prize
The Turner prize often manages to delight and exasperate in equal measure,
but there was none of the more wacky art that has grabbed headlines in the
past: no lights in a room being turned on and off, no debating economics
with gallery staff and no giant naked backside.
** Jewish Museum Suspends Curator After Sexual Harassment Allegations
Surface
The Jewish Museum in New York has suspended all current projects with
curator Jens Hoffmann as a result of sexual harassment allegations brought
forward by museum staff members late last week.
** NAACP Tells Trump to Stay Away from Mississippi Museum Opening
President Trump’s statements and policies regarding the protection and
enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal, and his attendance is an
affront to the veterans of the civil rights movement.
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** Contrary to Cliché, Misery May Inhibit Creativity
While a profound loss at a key developmental stage can compel the sort of
self-examination and rebellious spirit that inspires great art, dealing with
death as an adult could have very different consequences.
** Sea Level Rise Threatens Thousands of Archaeological Treasure Troves
In the south-eastern United States, a sea level rise of one meter would
inundate thousands of archaeological sites, from Native American settlements
to early European colonies.
** Met Museum Refuses To Remove Painting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will not remove a painting that an online
petition, launched by New York City entrepreneur, claims “sexualizes” the
image of a girl.
** Ashmolean Museum to showcase famous US artists 'unknown' in UK
An exhibition of artists whose works have rarely or never been seen outside
the US, dubbed “cool” in the 1920 and 30s when the word signified admirably
restrained rather than achingly hip, will open next year at the Ashmolean
Museum
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** Louvre Abu Dhabi, an Arabic-Galactic Wonder, Revises Art History
Spread through 23 galleries, the inaugural display of some 600 objects — 300
from French museums, two dozen from Middle Eastern collections and around
230 from the Louvre Abu Dhabi itself — adheres to a textbook timeline.
** Prehistoric Women Had Insanely Strong Arms
The arm bones of women who lived 7,000 years ago show an incredible level of
strength - even higher than today's elite athletes.
** Sing Sing prison museum planners target 2025 opening
The prison was the largest of its kind during its early years, has become an
iconic name in film and television, and its proximity to New York City has
given it greater visibility.
** Two Radically Different Museums Start an Urgent Discussion
Conceived at a tumultuous and deeply divided moment in our nation’s history,
20/20 offers a metaphoric picture of America by mapping the many ways in
which artists respond to the social and political conditions that shape our
lives.
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** The International Space Station Museum
When it was first unveiled, the idea for the now world-renowned
International Space Station Museum (ISSM) emerged as a lightning rod for not
only the unresolved issues of our own nation but in fact for many struggles
being grappled with around the entire world.
** Emerging Innovations for Biodiversity Data
Second Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference
** ICOM-ITC April 2018 workshop
Managing a Museum Today
** 13th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota
July 21-23, 2018 in Bonn, Germany
** This Week's Horoscopes
Pisces - The flaw in your plan was the part where your accomplice would
start a fire, and in the confusion, you would sneak into the philosophy
department and finish writing your dissertation
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